Melonie Signing Off for Now

OK, I leave for San Diego in 48 hours for our new adventures at sea....for more details see our new blog.  I guess the Down Under site will be pretty quiet for the next couple of months.

Kunghur Creek Python

Holding on to the empty snake head

When we returned to our home in Kunghur Creek from the airport, Susan found this snake skin under our back stairs. When I picked it up, the skin was still moist and coiled up (It was a bit smelly also). I uncoiled the snake skin and it turned out to be over 7 feet long. The pattern in the skin looks like a Carpet Python. YES!! It is good to have this snake around as they keep the bush rats under control around the house, which also keeps the very poisonous brown snakes away, as there is no food for them. I took the flashlight under the house in my quest to see the real thing, but could not find it. It might be up on the roof. I hope to get a look at this beauty soon. Susan still has not touched the skin!

My Daughter is Getting Married!

Laurel is getting married on August 28, 2010. This is huge news and she is busy putting together the plans for the wedding. Craig Crisafulli is the luckiest guy on the planet, and I get another SON! Laurel is very happy, and I am so excited for her as she moves on with her life.

Laurel and I bought her wedding dress two weekends ago (NO, I cannot post the photos of her trying on her wedding dress before the wedding, but believe me I will post them after! And like a proud mom, she is BEAUTIFUL) I am learning more and more about weddings and also trying to stay out of Laurel's way and what she wants. I found out I need to buy a "mother of the bride" dress for this afternoon, summer, outdoor wedding,...so off we went to the shopping mall. We never found ANYTHING that either one of us liked, but we had fun pulling out the ugly dresses and laughing.

Here are some photos of our fun with the dresses!

This looked like a "respectable" mother dress, so we thought we would try it on. We did scare Craig when we told him with both bought the same dress to wear to the rehearsal dinner.... :)

NOPE!!! Looks like I will need to look at other respectable options! YEA!

Laurel looks much better in the old lady dress than I do!

OK, we had to keep going, this is one of many BAD photos I took on the many BAD dresses we saw. NOPE this one won't do either!

I am looking forward to sharing this wedding experience with Laurel and to expanding our family. Welcome Craig